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Duped is the second episode of the first season of Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, and the second episode overall.
Synopsis[]
Under pressure from his newfound fame, Ben comes up with a plan to be at more than one place at a time.[CN 1]
Plot[]
Two Forever Knights try to invade the local museum using an alien paramilitary tank, but they are interrupted by Ben as Rath. Before he can fight them, Gwen calls Rath and tells him that he's missing Julie's tennis game. After this, Rath sees the Forever Knights running away, gets angry, and tears apart their tank, then heads to the stadium for Julie's game.
When Julie is about to begin her match, Ben shows up and draws attention to himself, blowing her concentration in the process. Julie and Gwen get mad at Ben for showing up late. Kevin wants to investigate why the Forever Knights tried to rob the museum, but Gwen disagrees on going, stating that they're probably stealing some tech to rule the Earth. Ben also wants to catch the Sumo Slammers movie, but Gwen tells him not to. She tells Ben he can't be in two places at once.
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The three Bens
Ben then comes up with a plan. He hides in the bathroom and transforms into Echo Echo and splits into three, then transforms back with his clones doing the same. There are now three Ben Tennysons: a film fan Ben (Film Fan Ben), an overly sensitive clone of himself (Sensitive Ben), and a rude one (Rude Ben).[script 1] Film Fan Ben goes to the Sumo Slammers 3-D movie, Sensitive Ben goes with Kevin to investigate the Forever Knights robbery, and Rude Ben stays to watch Julie's match. In the meantime, the Forever Knights, and their king Urien go through a sewer and blow up a wall using a Deterion Energy Mine, creating a tunnel that they enter.
Unfortunately, at the match, Rude Ben makes loud comments that distracts Julie and does loud interviews. He also flirts with other girls, angering Gwen and Julie. Kevin and Sensitive Ben arrive at the museum, where Sensitive Ben talks about his feelings and their past and friendship, which annoys and weirds out Kevin. Back at the match, Gwen yells at Rude Ben for being a jerk and he loudly says that Julie is supposed to lose. Meanwhile, Film Fan Ben is enjoying the Sumo Slammers movie.
The Forever Knights are still burrowing under the museum and one of them plants a device at Urien's behest. An explosion rocks the museum and Kevin recognizes the device. Sensitive Ben transforms into Humungousaur and sings out his name. Kevin tells Ben not to do that again. Then, the ground collapses under Ben and Kevin. They fall into where the Forever Knights are located and the Forever Knights attack. Humungousaur says that the Knights are being hurtful, and Kevin tells him to do something, but Humungousaur says that they should work towards a common plan and Kevin tells him to throw him. He does and knocks out the Forever Knights. As they continue on, Humungousaur hits his head and transforms back into Sensitive Ben.
Urien gets to the artifact he is looking for, which is a jewel, and takes it. Sensitive Ben tells him not to touch the exhibits, even holding up a sign which disgusts Kevin. While they argue, Urien uses the jewel to activate a suit of ancient robotic armor, Toltech Battle Armor, that envelops him, and he attacks Sensitive Ben and Kevin in his new battle suit. While Kevin fights Urien, Sensitive Ben calls the other Bens. They both run to help, with Rude Ben disappointing Julie when he leaves.
The other Bens arrive just as Kevin and Rude Ben come running out of the museum. When Kevin sees all three Bens, he demands that they explain the situation to him before Urien comes busting out. The three Bens activate their Ultimatrixes: Film Fan Ben transforms into Big Chill, Rude Ben transforms into Murk Upchuck, and Sensitive Ben transforms into Cannonbolt. The three aliens attack Urien, but they ultimately get in each other's way and are defeated. While Kevin holds off Urien, they all transform into Echo Echo and merge into one. Echo Echo then transforms back into Ben just as Kevin is thrown towards him by Urien.
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Lodestar's debut in Ultimate Alien
Ben then transforms into Lodestar and magnetizes the armor, causing several metal objects to fly at it (including Kevin's car, which makes Kevin faint). Lodestar then tears the armor apart with his magnetism. The pieces of the armor fall on Urien, defeating him, before Lodestar transforms back into Ben.
Back at the stadium, Ben apologizes to Julie for not being present at the match. Even though Julie won the tournament, she was upset at Ben thanks to Rude Ben embarrassing her. She kindly asks Ben to make it up for her by taking her to see the Sumo Slammers 3-D movie to make up for it, but Ben mentions that he saw it during the match, which causes Julie to be very furious. She and Gwen storm off in disgust. Kevin follows them after telling Ben that he is insensitive, leaving Ben all alone to repent for what he has done in order to gain back their trust.
Noteworthy Events[]
Major Events[]
- A third faction of Forever Knights appears, this time led by Urien.
- Julie wins the Tennis Championship.
Character Debuts[]
Ultimatrix Alien Debuts[]
- Murk Upchuck (Ultimate Alien debut)
- Lodestar (Ultimate Alien debut)
Minor Events[]
- Ben's middle name is revealed to be Kirby.
Characters[]
Main Characters[]
Supporting Characters[]
Antagonists[]
- Forever Knights (first reappearance)
- Urien (first appearance)
Other Characters[]
- Carol Smith
- Trina (first reappearance; cameo)
- Teej (first appearance; cameo)
Aliens Used[]
By Ben[]
By Film Fan Ben[]
By Sensitive Ben[]
- Humungousaur
- Cannonbolt
- Echo Echo (cameo)
By Rude Ben[]
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Naming and Translations[]
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Hungarian | Lóvá Téve | Mocked |
| Italian | Ben si Triplica | Ben Triples |
| Polish | Duplikaty | Duplicates |
| Portuguese (Br) | Enganamos | Duped |
| Romanian | Duplicat | Duplicate |
| Spanish (HA) | Duplicado | Duplicated |
| Spanish (Spain) | Multiplicación | Multiplication |
Cast[]
| Voice Actor | Role(s) |
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| Yuri Lowenthal | Ben Tennyson Forever Knight #1 |
| Ashley Johnson | Gwen Tennyson |
| Greg Cipes | Kevin Levin |
| Dee Bradley Baker | Echo Echo Lodestar Humungousaur Upchuck Big Chill Cannonbolt |
| John DiMaggio | Rath Forever Knight #2 TV Reporter |
| Vyvan Pham | Julie Yamamoto Fan |
| Jim Piddock | Urien Umpire Commentator |
Continuity[]
- Film Fan Ben goes to see the live-action Sumo Slammers movie which was mentioned to be in the works in Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 1.
- Sensitive Ben takes responsibility for Kevin's mutation, which occurred in Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 2.
Allusions[]
- When Gwen asks Rude Ben about his attitude, he replies, "I'm Ben Classic," a reference to his personality in the Original Series and the second season of Alien Force.
- One of the audience members at Julie's tennis match, nicknamed Teej, was modeled after, and designed by, T.J. Collins.[TJC 1]
Errors[]
- When the Plasma Beam Tank is first seen, the nozzle is pointed straight, but when the tank approaches the museum, the nozzle is angled upwards and then moves downwards.
- Rath somehow has Ben's phone.
- There are multiple copies of Ben in the audience at Julie's tennis match.
- Echo Echo's hologram faces Ben at an angle instead of straight on.
- When Sensitive Ben opens his eyes, the white part is black.
- When Film Fan Ben steps out of the bathroom, the black "10" emblem on his jacket is white and the "10" is black.
- When Kevin absorbs metal from a manhole cover, he is covered in stone. This error occurs again when he absorbs metal from a pipe.
- Sensitive Ben is able to call the other two Bens despite them sharing the same phone number.
- When Sensitive Ben calls Film Fan Ben and Rude Ben, it is nighttime outside the museum, but the tennis match is being held during the daytime. Furthermore, the Sumo Slammers movie started at 2 PM, but when Film Fan Ben leaves the cinema, it is nighttime.
- When the Bens approach the museum, the exterior looks different compared to when it was seen earlier in the episode.
- Kevin's car is missing in most shots during the battle outside the museum.
- Big Chill's hologram faces away from Film Fan Ben.
- Cannonbolt's hologram faces away from Sensitive Ben.
- When Kevin absorbs stone from a gargoyle, he is colored incorrectly.
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Trivia[]
- This episode is the 100th episode overall of the franchise.
- The subplot about Film Fan Ben seeing the Sumo Slammers was first hinted at by Dwayne McDuffie on March 13, 2010.[DM 1]
- The episode was originally titled Ten Bens.[TJC 2][TJC 3]
- An episode of Static Shock shares the same title and was also written by Len Uhley.
- In the as-recorded script dated July 15, 2009:
- Instead of plainly cutting to Julie's match after Rath defeats the Forever Knights, the episode frames it as part of a sports news broadcast.[script 2]
- Urien's castle is the same one from Pet Project.[script 3]
- After Urien kills one of his Forever Knights, the Knight's armor shatters.[script 4]
